Lord Byron by Lorenzo Bartolini
1822 / Dried raw clay (terracruda) / 19 5/8″ high / Private collection
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Lord Byron~ https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/lord-byron
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National Poetry Month~ April 6
William Wordsworth by Benjamin Robert Haydon
1842 / Oil on canvas / 49″x39″ / National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
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William Wordsworth~ https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/william-wordsworth
National Poetry Month~ April 5
John Milton (detail) by William Blake
c.1800-1803 / Tempera and pen on canvas / Manchester Art Gallery, UK
Size of entire piece, unframed: 15 4/5″x35 4/5″
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John Milton~ https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/john-milton
National Poetry Month~ April 4
Dogs in a Market Listen to Rūmī, Who Praises their Understanding and Attention (detail)
from a Turkish translation of Aflaki’s life of Mevlana Jalal Al-Din Rumi
1590s / MS M.466, fol. 66v / 7 7/8″x5 1/10″ / The Morgan Library & Museum, NY, NY
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Jalal al-Din Rumi~ https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/jalal-al-din-rumi
National Poetry Month~ April 3
Portrait of Onakatomi no Yorimoto by Fujiwara no Nobuzane
1186-1334 / Ink and color on paper / 11 7/8″x19 15/16″ / Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
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Ōnakatomi no Yorimoto~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Cnakatomi_no_Yorimoto
National Poetry Month~ April 2
Virgil inspired by the muses Clio and Melpomene
Beginning of 3c A.D. / Marble mosaic / Bardo National Museum, Tunis, Tunisia
Virgil~ https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/virgil
The Poet Ovidiu at Tomis 
by Ion Theodorescu Sion
1916 / Oil on plywood / 14 3/5″x17″ / Private collection
National Poetry Month~ April 1
Portrait of the Poet Homer by Unknown (Flemish?) Artist
1639 / Oil on panel / 28 3/8″x22 3/8″ / The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
Homer~ https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/homer
Sappho by Gustav Klimt
1888 / Oil on canvas / 15 1/3″x12 2/5″ / Vienna Museum, Austria
Women’s History Month in Visual Arts~ March 31
The Western Print by Inka Essenhigh
1999 / Silkscreen print, varnish / Image 27 7/8”x30 9/16” / Various collections, including MoMA, NYC
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See also: March 31~ Women’s History Month in visual arts
https://schristywolfe.com/2018/03/31/march-31-womens-history-month-in-visual-arts/
Women’s History Month in Visual Arts~ March 30
Europe Supported by Africa and America by Sokari Douglas Camp
2015 / Steel, abalone, gold and copper leaf, petrol nozzles
78 7/10”x71 3/10”x36 3/5” / October Gallery, London, UK
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See also: March 30~ Women’s History Month in visual arts
https://schristywolfe.com/2018/03/30/march-30-womens-history-month-in-visual-arts/
Women’s History Month in Visual Arts~ March 29
Harem #4B by Lalla Essaydi
2009 / Chromogenic dye coupler print mounted to aluminum / 60”x48” / Various collections
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See also: March 29~ Women’s History Month in visual arts
https://schristywolfe.com/2018/03/29/march-29-womens-history-month-in-visual-arts/
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